194AThe Old Testament in the New Testament: Transformed Texts

There are about 345 direct Old Testament quotations in the New Testament. Additionally, there are over 2,000 allusions and verbal parallels of the Old Testament found in the New Testament. This class will examine the Old Testament context of a selection of passages that find “fulfillment” or use in the New Testament, and how the Old Testament passages are transformed by the New Testament speakers and writers in marvelous and intriguing ways.